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Merritt Starr letter to the family describing the 1964 Alaska Earthquake

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    "The Tsunami of the Alaskan Earthquake, 1964"

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    The majority of the collection consists of correspondences and papers relating to the Alaskan earthquake and tsunami of 1964, the Hilo Harbor Tsunamis, and a boat landing project for Long Beach Harbor. There are also notebooks of other projects on which Wilson worked.

    mssWilson, Basil papers

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    "The Tsunami of the Alaskan Earthquake, 1964"

    Manuscripts

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    "The Tsunami of the Alaskan Earthquake, 1964" Publication release

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    The majority of the collection consists of correspondences and papers relating to the Alaskan earthquake and tsunami of 1964, the Hilo Harbor Tsunamis, and a boat landing project for Long Beach Harbor. There are also notebooks of other projects on which Wilson worked.

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    David Starr Jordan letter to Max Farrand

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    This letter discusses the losses due to the San Francisco Earthquake including the church, the arch, the new library, the gymnasium and the new part of the museum. However, Jordan stresses that the University is not as badly off as it could be. Written on Leland Standford Junior University, Office of the President letterhead with cancelled cover postmarked Stanford, CA May 5, 1906.

    mssHM 16697

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    David Starr Jordan letter to Arthur M. Ellis

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    Typed, signed letter from David Starr Jordan at Stanford University to Los Angeles lawyer and writer, Arthur M. Ellis. In the letter, Jordan discusses biology, evolution, and literature by various evolutionists and naturalists including: Charles Darwin, J. Arthur Thomson, Stanford professor Dr. W. W. Thoburn, and Henry F. Osborn. The letter is accompanied by a pamphlet listing books by David Starr Jordan, and two printed poems by Jordan ("Unarmed and Unafraid" and "There Was A Man").

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    Thomas Starr King letter to J.H. Bragdon

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    King informs Bragdon that he has no available Tuesdays between November and March, so he must decline Bragdon's request. Letter is pasted to backing sheet with photograph of King and an unidentified woman. Also included with letter is a one-page printed clipping containing a short biography of King.

    mssHM 29245